Abandoning ship? A study of registered and nonregistered library users' intention to discontinue using Facebook. Issue 4 (2nd October 2022)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Vraimaki, Eftichia; Koloniari, Maria; Briana, Maria; Koulouris, Alexandros
• Is Part Of: Journal of electronic resources librarianship. Volume 34:Issue 4(2022)
• Page Start: 307
• Page End: 319
• Publication Date: 2022-10-02
• Subjects: Discontinuance intentions -- information overload -- communication overload -- social overload -- self-efficacy -- fatigue -- social media -- Facebook; Acquisition of electronic information resources -- Periodicals; Electronic information resources -- Management -- Periodicals; Libraries and electronic publishing -- Periodicals; Collection management (Libraries) -- Periodicals; 025.284
• DOI: 10.1080/1941126X.2022.2133326
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1941-126X

Abstract

Abstract: The purpose of the current research was to investigate Facebook discontinuance intentions in the Library and Information Science environment. The research model, building on the Theory of Planned Behavior, incorporated overload, fatigue, and self-efficacy, to understand the drivers behind users' intention to stop using Facebook (either permanently or intermittently) or replace it with another social medium. Overall, the results suggest that participants are unlikely to abandon Facebook either on a permanent or a temporary basis, at least in the near future. Furthermore, users' discontinuance intentions are primarily associated with evaluations about the consequences of their choice to abandon the medium.